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Day 2: Punkin Chunkin
Stan Macuich of Great Emancipator loads the team’s air cannon during the free-shot time following competition on Saturday. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
November 5, 2016
American Chunker II team members are ecstatic after a shot of more than 4,300 feet putting them into first place in the air cannon division on the second day of competition. The New Hampshire team set the world record of 4,694 feet winning the 2013 title. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Science Channel host Kari Byron reacts after a long shot by the Punkin Hammer team on the second day of competition. The 2,509-foot shot took the team from last place to first place in the trebuchet division. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
The Yankee Doodle drum corps prepares to perform for the large crowd prior to the team’s second air cannon shot of the competition. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
A pumpkin heads to the sky during air cannon competition. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Jake Burton of team Young Glory III prepares for a shot on the second day of competition. The local air cannon team won the world championship in 2012. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Chip Ferguson waits to fire his team’s air cannon Second Amendment II, which won the world title in 2011. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Punkin Chunkin machines are lined up and ready to fire. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
The late-afternoon sun highlights dust kicked up by the Punkin Chunkin crowd. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
It must be Punkin Chunkin when people wear strange costumes in public. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Troy McCabe of Pennsylvania is dressed as the mascot for the Big 10 Inch air cannon team. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Rick Hansen is Uncle Sam in the American Chunker II pit. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
John Stanley is dressed to the nines in the air cannon Great Emancipator pit. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Former MythBuster Kari Byron is back as host for the Science Channel showing of Punkin Chunkin to be shown Saturday, Nov. 26. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Becky Miller, a member of the Big 10 Inch air cannon team, paints scenes in the pits. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Science Channel’s Kari Byron switches hats with American Chunker II team member Rick Hansen as she snaps a selfie. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
John Stanley works the crowd from above the Punkin Chunkin field. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Young local punkin shooters of the Big Shot team are Ronnie Voshell of Milford and Bryan Miller of Milton. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Thomas Frazier of Chunk’n-ology works the crowd before firing the team’s air cannon. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Pumpkin head walks the Punkin Chunkin grounds. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Air cannons are aimed skyward as the sun sets on the second day of Punkin Chunkin. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Not all pumpkins make it hundreds or thousands of feet; some end up as pie. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Mark Malatt, complete with mock blunderbuss, is part of the Yankee Doodle air cannon drum corps. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
A crew member of Sussex County Chunkin District watches a shot from the team’s air cannon. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Pumpkins can be found at the intersection of Punkin Lane and Chunkin Way. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Fat Jimmy is back in Bridgeville. The Punkin Chunkin icon has marketed his logo “Warning I Do Dumb Things.” RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Pumpkins and flags fill the Bridgeville-area sky after a two-year absence. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO
Day 2 of the World Championship Punkin Chunkin is in the books. Third-day competition begins at 8 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 6, on the Wheatley Farm off Route 404 near Bridgeville.
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